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Ontario students call on teachers to pressure pension fund to divest from fossil fuels An environmental coalition is appealing to Ontario teachers to pressure their pension fund to divest from companies that develop or transport fossil fuel products. Social Sharing The Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 07, 2021 4:56 PM ET | Last Updated: January 7 An environmental coalition that includes students from across Ontario are asking teachers to pressure pension fund to divest from fossil fuels.(Larry M...

Ontario students push teachers to pressure pension fund to divest from fossil fuels The Canadian Press 2021-01-07 © Provided by The Canadian Press TORONTO — An environmental coalition is appealing to Ontario teachers to pressure their pension fund to divest from companies that develop or transport fossil fuel products. In a four minute YouTube video, a group of students from across Ontario read a letter to their teachers, asking them to push the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan to stop inves...

Ontario students push teachers to pressure pension fund to divest from fossil fuels A flare stack lights the sky from a refinery in Edmonton on December 28, 2018. An environmental coalition is appealing to Ontario teachers to pressure their pension fund to divest from companies that develop or transport fossil fuel products. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson January 07, 2021 - 10:06 AM TORONTO - An environmental coalition is appealing to Ontario teachers to p...

Pressure from young climate activists is pushing investors to embrace so-called sustainable bonds, experts say. December 14th 2020 “I don’t even feel 16 at this point,” says Aliya Hirji. “Climate action has aged me 20 years — in a good way.” Photo provided These days, as the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan decides where to invest its billions, every move it makes is green-tested by future investors — environmental crusaders like Aliya Hirji. At 16, Hirji, is younger than most org...